Why does isabella leave heathcliff

But when she confesses it to Catherine, she warns her that he is a fiend and a bad influence on her. Isabella is humiliated when Catherine reveals her crush to Heathcliff the next time he comes over. She fights with her sister-in-law before fleeing from the room they were in, while Heathcliff expresses his disdain for Isabella but that he could use her to inherit the Grange one day.

After Isabella was caught embracing Heathcliff in the kitchen by Catherine and Nelly, Heathcliff was confronted by Catherine on whenever he really loves Isabella.

Following the confrontation, Edgar warns his sister that he would disown her if she still sees Heathcliff.

A few days later, Isabella runs off with Heathcliff from the Grange one night and the two of them elope. She was brought back to the Heights by her new husband, but finds herself being mistreated by Hareton, Hindley, Joseph and Heathcliff.

Six weeks after eloping, Isabella sends a letter to Edgar, begging for his forgiveness, but he doesn't respond to her. She then writes a letter to Nelly, telling her where she now lives and describes her awful experience at the Heights. She says that she has been punished by Heathcliff for causing Catherine's illness instead of Edgar, and everyone else are being cruel to her.

She also notes that Hindley has made plans to kill Heathcliff and take his money. Isabella concludes that she has made a terrible mistake, and it is too late for her to fix it. She begs Nelly to come over to the Heights, who she barely got to see when she arrives. After Catherine dies, Isabella is not invited to her sister-in-law's funeral. On the morning of the service, Hindley tries to be sober for the service, but ends up drinking heavily.

While Heathcliff was away paying tribute to Catherine, Hindley locks him out of the house and reveals to Isabella he is going to kill him, and has even showed her the gun he would use to shoot him. She was told by Hindley to help him kill her husband, but ends up warning Heathcliff about the plan when he comes back, though she doesn't let him into the house.

She watches as Hindley attempts to shoot Heathcliff, with her husband breaking through the window and the two men fight. She goes to fetch Joseph after Hindley was beaten up. The next morning, she tells Hindley what has happened since he doesn't remember, and when she taunts to Heathcliff about Catherine, he throws a knife at her that hits behind her ear.

After the men fight again, she flees the Heights and walks through the snow to the Grange. She was laughing hysterically when she arrives, and she came back home when she knew Edgar was asleep. Since her brother wouldn't let her stay, she still needs to see Nelly. Nelly tends to her wounds while Isabella throws her wedding ring away in the fire. After explaining her whole story to Nelly, she leaves Yorkshire for good and settles in London. She was pregnant at the time, and months later, gave birth to a sickly boy named Linton Heathcliff.

She raises her son alone. Both she and Linton lived in London for 12 years until Isabella's health fails. Before she died, she is visited by Edgar for the final time and brings her son back to Yorkshire after her death. Edgar does not want this to happen.

While Edgar is nursing Catherine, readers get a view of Heathcliff from Isabella's perspective. Her letter to Nelly narrates the events that have transpired from the time she eloped.

Isabella questions if Heathcliff is really a man and suggests that he may be incarnate evil. She realizes marrying him was a mistake but also realizes she cannot atone for her error.

Isabella reveals that Heathcliff blames Edgar for Catherine's suffering, and he will take this out on Isabella, too. Heathcliff may or may not be the devil, but he is making Isabella's life a living hell.

Previous Chapter Next Chapter Removing book from your Reading List will also remove any bookmarked pages associated with this title. Catherine and Isabella begin to visit Wuthering Heights quite often, and Heathcliff returns the favor by calling at the Grange. Nelly suspects that he harbors wicked and vengeful motives, and vows to watch him closely. Nelly travels to Wuthering Heights to talk with Hindley, but instead she finds Hareton , who throws stones at her and curses.

Nelly learns from Hareton that Heathcliff has taught the boy to swear at his father, Hindley, and has forbidden the curate, who offered to educate Hareton, to set foot on the property. Heathcliff appears, and Nelly flees.

The next day, at the Grange, Nelly observes Heathcliff embracing Isabella. In the kitchen, Catherine demands that Heathcliff tell her his true feelings about Isabella. She offers to convince Edgar to permit the marriage if Heathcliff truly loves the woman. Heathcliff scorns this idea, however, declaring that Catherine has wronged him by marrying Edgar, and that he intends to exact revenge. Nelly informs Edgar of the encounter occurring between Catherine and Heathcliff in the kitchen, and Edgar storms in and orders Heathcliff off of his property.

When Heathcliff refuses to leave, Edgar summons his servants for help. However, Catherine locks herself and the two men inside the kitchen and throws the key into the fire, forcing Edgar to confront Heathcliff without the help of additional men. Overcome with fear and shame, Edgar hides his face.

In terror of the larger and stronger Heathcliff, Edgar hurries to find help, and Heathcliff, deciding that he cannot fight three armed servants, departs. In a rage, Edgar declares that Catherine must choose between Heathcliff and himself. Catherine refuses to speak to him, locking herself in a room and refusing to eat. Two days pass in this way, and Edgar warns Isabella that if she pursues Heathcliff, he will cast her out of the Linton family.

At last, Catherine permits the servants to bring her food. Hysterical, she believes that she is dying, and cannot understand why Edgar has not come to her. She rants about her childhood with Heathcliff on the moors, and speaks obsessively about death. Nelly, worried that her mistress will catch a chill, refuses to open the window. Catherine manages to stumble to the window and force it open; from the window, she believes she can see Wuthering Heights.

Catherine says that even though she will die, her spirit will never be at rest until she can be with Heathcliff. Edgar arrives and is shocked to find Catherine in such a weak condition.